James Stewart
Acting
James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart was an American film and stage actor, known for his distinctive voice and his everyman persona. Over the course of his career, he starred in many films widely considered classics and was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning one in competition and receiving one Lifetime Achievement award. He was a major MGM contract star. He also had a noted military career and was a World War II and Vietnam War veteran, who rose to the rank of Brigadier General in the United States Air Force Reserve. Throughout his seven decades in Hollywood, Stewart cultivated a versatile career and recognized screen image in such classics as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Philadelphia Story, Harvey, It's a Wonderful Life, Shenandoah, Rear Window, Rope, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Vertigo. He is the most represented leading actor on the AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) and AFI's 10 Top 10 lists. He is also the most represented leading actor on the 100 Greatest Movies of All Time list presented by Entertainment Weekly. As of 2007, ten of his films have been inducted into the United States National Film Registry. Stewart left his mark on a wide range of film genres, including westerns, suspense thrillers, family films, biographies and screwball comedies. He worked for a number of renowned directors later in his career, most notably Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford, Billy Wilder, Frank Capra, George Cukor, and Anthony Mann. He won many of the industry's highest honors and earned Lifetime Achievement awards from every major film organization. He died at age 89, leaving behind a legacy of classic performances, and is considered one of the finest actors of the "Golden Age of Hollywood". He was named the third Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Jefferson Smith
Age 31 (now 89)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Ransom Stoddard
Age 53 (now 89)
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
as Wylie Burp (voice)
Age 83 (now 89)
It’s a Wonderful Night of the Living Dead
as George Bailey
Age 117 (now 89)
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
as John 'Scottie' Ferguson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 117 (now 89)
The Bloody Hundredth
as Self - Pilot, 453rd Bomb Group (archive footage)
Age 115 (now 89)
Grace Kelly – Hollywoods tragische Prinzessin
as Self (archive footage)
Age 114 (now 89)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self - Glenn Miller (archive footage)
Age 114 (now 89)
Stewart & Mitchum: The Two Faces of America
as Self (archive footage)
Age 109 (now 89)
John Ford & Monument Valley
as Self (archive footage)
Age 104 (now 89)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
Age 101 (now 89)
The Size of Legends, The Soul of Myth
as Self (archive footage)
Age 100 (now 89)
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... You Can't Take It with You
as Self (archive footage)
Age 100 (now 89)
Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films
as Narrator (archive footage)
Age 95 (now 89)
The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s
as Self (archive footage)
Age 94 (now 89)
'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic
as Self (archive footage)
Age 92 (now 89)
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'
as Self (archive footage)
Age 91 (now 89)
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Age 90 (now 89)
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
as George Bailey (archive footage)
Age 89
Frank Capra's American Dream
as Self (archive footage)
Age 88 (now 89)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self
Age 87 (now 89)
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
as Wylie Burp (voice)
Age 83 (now 89)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as Self
Age 83 (now 89)
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
as Self
Age 82 (now 89)
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self
Age 79 (now 89)
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self
Age 79 (now 89)
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
as Self
Age 78 (now 89)
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special
as Self
Age 77 (now 89)
George Burns Celebrates 80 Years in Show Business
as Self
Age 75 (now 89)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 74 (now 89)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
Age 73 (now 89)All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
as Self
Age 73 (now 89)
The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here?
as Self
Age 68 (now 89)
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
as Self
Age 68 (now 89)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
Age 67 (now 89)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
Age 67 (now 89)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
Age 63 (now 89)
The American West of John Ford
as Self - Narrator
Age 63 (now 89)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
as Ransom Stoddard
Age 53 (now 89)
The Spirit of St. Louis
as Charles Augustus 'Slim' Lindbergh
Age 48 (now 89)
And Then There Were Four
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Age 42 (now 89)
Breakdowns of 1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 33 (now 89)
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self
Age 32 (now 89)
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
as Self
Age 32 (now 89)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Jefferson Smith
Age 31 (now 89)
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
as James Stewart (archive footage)
Age 30 (now 89)
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
as James Stewart
Age 30 (now 89)
The Romance of Celluloid
as Self (archive footage)
Age 29 (now 89)
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
as Self
Age 28 (now 89)
Burt Reynolds' Conversations with...
as Self
Age 83 (now 89)
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
Age 65 (now 89)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
Age 64 (now 89)
The Jimmy Stewart Show
as Prof. James K. Howard
Age 63 (now 89)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Age 54 (now 89) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self - Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 54 (now 89)
The Jack Benny Program
as Jimmy Stewart (uncredited)
Age 42 (now 89)
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Also Known As
Jimmy Stewart, James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart, James Maitland Stewart, James 'Jimmy' Stewart
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